Innate antimicrobial activity of nasal secretions.

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is a pathogen of increasing medical importance with a propensity to be multidrug resistant, thereby making treatment challenging. Little is known of virulence traits in A. baumannii. To identify virulence factors and potential drug targets, random transposon (Tn) mutants derived from the A. bau...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Russo TA,Luke NR,Beanan JM,Olson R,Sauberan SL,MacDonald U,Schultz LW,Umland TC,Campagnari AA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yersinia pestis evolved from Y. pseudotuberculosis to become the causative agent of bubonic and pneumonic plague. We identified a homolog of the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium lipoprotein (lpp) gene in Yersinia species and prepared lpp gene deletion mutants of Y. pseudotuberculosis YPIII, Y. pestis KIM/D27 (p...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Sha J,Agar SL,Baze WB,Olano JP,Fadl AA,Erova TE,Wang S,Foltz SM,Suarez G,Motin VL,Chauhan S,Klimpel GR,Peterson JW,Chopra AK

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunomodulatory agents potentially represent a new class of broad-spectrum antimicrobials. Here, we demonstrate that prophylaxis with immunomodulatory cytosine-phosphate-guanidine (CpG) oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN), a toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist, confers protection against Yersinia pestis, the etiologic agent o...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hickey AJ,Lin JS,Kummer LW,Szaba FM,Duso DK,Tighe M,Parent MA,Smiley ST

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saliva-binding molecules of Streptococcus sanguis and their receptors were investigated. Streptococcal cell surfaces were extracted with a barbital buffer and examined immunochemically. Strains G9B and Blackburn, which adhere specifically to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite via immunologically related adhesins, possess 80...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Lamont RJ,Rosan B,Murphy GM,Baker CT

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been postulated that systemic cell-mediated immunity (CMI) is an important host defense mechanism against Candida infections of the vagina. However, in an estrogen-dependent murine model of experimental vaginal candidiasis, we recently showed that systemic Candida-specific Th1-type CMI induced by immunization w...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fidel PL Jr,Lynch ME,Conaway DH,Tait L,Sobel JD

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Larvae of the helminth parasite Schistosoma mansoni are efficiently killed in vitro by lymphokine-activated macrophages, leading to the hypothesis that these cells may participate in the effector mechanism of protective immunity against schistosomiasis. Larvacidal activity has also been demonstrated in the IC-21 macro...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： James SL,Glaven JA

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitized mouse spleen cells decrease the spread of herpes simplex virus infection in cell culture lines derived from human and murine tissues. These washed, sensitized cells act alone and additively in combination with antibody to diminish the ability of single virus-infected cells to spread infection to contiguous ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Ennis FA

更新日期：1973-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of coccidioidomycosis depends to a large extent on the effectiveness of the T-cell-mediated immune (CMI) response to the fungal pathogen. For this reason, identification of Coccidioides immitis antigens which stimulate T cells is important for understanding the nature of host defense against the organism a...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kirkland TN,Thomas PW,Finley F,Cole GT

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association of Salmonella typhimurium with MDCK epithelial cells in monolayers, represented primarily by intracellular bacteria after 30 min of contact, with centrifugation followed by vigorous washing, was measured during aerobic and anaerobic growth of the bacteria in brain heart infusion broth. Cell association was...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Schiemann DA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathogenicities of 10 temperature-sensitive mutants of Venezuelan encephalitis virus were studied using the hamster model of human virulence. The parental strain and nine of the temperature-sensitive mutants produced lethal infections in hamsters. Strain ts 126 showed reduced hamster virulence. Deaths with the lethal ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Krieger JN,Scherer WF,Wiebe ME,Pancake BA,Harsanyi ZP

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes colonized the gastrointestinal tract of adult germfree rats (10(10) to 10(11)/g, dry weight) within 24 h after oral exposure. Between 3 and 14 days after monoassociation, L. monocytogenes caused a self-limiting pseudomembranous colitis, bacteremia, and infection of the spleen and liver. Monoasso...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Czuprynski CJ,Balish E

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that transposon-mediated mutagenesis can be used to construct mutations in the pathogen Brucella abortus. We have used both a plasmid and a bacteriophage to introduce either Tn5 or Tn5 lac into the Brucella chromosome. B. abortus is naturally sensitive to kanamycin. We have selected 22 independent kanam...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Smith LD,Heffron F

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma brucei subsp. brucei and T. congolense incubated in homologous antibody at 0 degrees C for 30 min were lysed by subsequent addition of guinea pig complement. Trypanosomes incubated in antibody at 37 degrees C before complement treatment remained intact. Parasites bearing adsorbed antibody also remained int...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Balber AE,Bangs JD,Jones SM,Proia RL

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the Shigella flexneri chromosomal aerobactin genes during growth of the bacterium within tissue culture cells was assayed. During intracellular growth, aerobactin promoter activity was repressed relative to the level observed in bacteria grown extracellularly, even when the bacteria had been starved ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Headley V,Hong M,Galko M,Payne SM

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida albicans biofilms are formed through three distinct developmental phases and are associated with high fluconazole (FLU) resistance. In the present study, we used a set of isogenic Candida strains lacking one or more of the drug efflux pumps Cdr1p, Cdr2p, and Mdr1p to determine their role in FLU resistance of b...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Mukherjee PK,Chandra J,Kuhn DM,Ghannoum MA

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pools of rat antiserum to Plasmodium berghei had different levels of protective activity as assessed by a passive transfer test. Preincubation of parasite inocula with an effective pool before injection did not significantly enhance protective activity. Removal of the antiserum from preincubated parasite inocula aboli...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Brown IN,Phillips RS

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exoprotein of Staphylococcus aureus 100 that elicited a positive ileal loop response in the rabbit model was investigated in this study. The protein, as it occurred in the culture supernatant fluid, could be detected initially in the late log phase of growth under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. It was stable und...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Koupal A,Deibel RH

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major research efforts are directed towards the development of a better antimycobacterial vaccine. But progress in the field of tuberculosis vaccine development has been hampered by the lack of human in vitro models to assess vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy. New candidate vaccines will have to be evaluated against...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kampmann B,Tena GN,Mzazi S,Eley B,Young DB,Levin M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common pathogen associated with otitis media. To examine the role of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) in host defense against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in the middle ear, wild-type (WT; C57BL/6) and TLR2-deficient (TLR2(-/-)) mice were inoculated with Streptococcus pneumoniae (...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Han F,Yu H,Tian C,Li S,Jacobs MR,Benedict-Alderfer C,Zheng QY

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal animals are generally very susceptible to infection with bacterial pathogens. However, we recently reported that neonatal mice are highly resistant to orogastric infection with Yersinia enterocolitica. Here, we show that proinflammatory responses greatly exceeding those in adults arise very rapidly in the mes...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Siefker DT,Echeverry A,Brambilla R,Fukata M,Schesser K,Adkins B

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general there is a poor correlation between serum lipopolysaccharide (LPS; the biologically active constituent of endotoxin) levels and mortality in septic patients. The objective of this study was to determine if chemical, structural, or biological differences among LPS from different clinical isolates of gram-neg...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Luchi M,Morrison DC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rickettsia rickettsii and R. australis formed infectious antibody complexes when reacted with homologous convalescent serum. The addition of antiglobulin to these complexes showed neutralization of plaques proportional to the concentration of rickettsial immune serum. ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Kenyon RH,McManus AT

更新日期：1974-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most Helicobacter pylori strains express the BabA adhesin, which binds to ABO/Leb blood group antigens on gastric mucin and epithelial cells and is found more commonly in strains that cause peptic ulcers or gastric cancer, rather than asymptomatic infection. We and others have previously reported that in mice, gerbils...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hansen LM,Gideonsson P,Canfield DR,Borén T,Solnick JV

更新日期：2017-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxystilbamidine (HSB) is a potent suppressor of the plaque-forming cell response of mice injected with heterologous erythrocytes. HSB, given in varying doses and injection schedules, suppressed both the primary and secondary immune responses to bovine serum albumin. Apparently the effect is not simply a toxic effe...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Folds JD,Orlando G,Spitznagel JK

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive aspergillosis is a major threat for patients suffering from chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). Although Aspergillus fumigatus is the most commonly encountered Aspergillus species, the presence of A. nidulans appears to be disproportionately high in CGD patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate ...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Henriet SS,Hermans PW,Verweij PE,Simonetti E,Holland SM,Sugui JA,Kwon-Chung KJ,Warris A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of antibody in protection against infection with Cryptococcus neoformans is undefined. In this paper we describe the development of opsonic activity in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of rabbits in response to cryptococcal meningitis. The opsonin appeared to be immunoglobulin G (IgG); the activity was heat stab...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Hobbs MM,Perfect JR,Granger DL,Durack DT

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin binding proteins are one of several pathogenicity factors which have been associated with invasive disease caused by group A streptococci. The surface-bound M and M-like proteins of Streptococcus pyogenes are the most characterized of these immunoglobulin binding proteins, and in most cases they bind on...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Fagan PK,Reinscheid D,Gottschalk B,Chhatwal GS

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) constitute the majority of nosocomial UTIs and pose significant clinical challenges. Enterococcal species are among the predominant causative agents of CAUTIs. However, very little is known about the pathophysiology of Enterococcus-mediated UTIs. We optimized a mur...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Guiton PS,Hung CS,Hancock LE,Caparon MG,Hultgren SJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a possible cause-and-effect relationship between sensitization against Actinomyces viscosus Nyl and destructive periodontal disease in RIC-Sprague-Dawley rats. Germfree rats (66) were either immunized with A. viscosus Nyl (day 20) or orally infected with A. viscosus Nyl (days 38 and 39) or both. We mea...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Burckhardt JJ,Gaegauf-Zollinger R,Schmid R,Guggenheim B

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single intradermal administration of recombinant interleukin-7 (IL-7) has been shown to aggravate the course of murine schistosomiasis, to favor the development of Th2-associated antibodies specific for the parasite, and to alter migration kinetics and/or migratory route of the parasite within its vertebrate host. H...

journal_title：Infection and immunity

authors： Wolowczuk I,Nutten S,Roye O,Delacre M,Capron M,Murray RM,Trottein F,Auriault C

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00